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... Orfeo's second loss of her . Instead a shadow of the eternal beauty flits before the shepherds who pursue her . No antagonist brings about her death but another of Apollo's shepherd sons , Aristeo . And the death of Orfeo , which is ...
... Orfeo's second loss of her . Instead a shadow of the eternal beauty flits before the shepherds who pursue her . No antagonist brings about her death but another of Apollo's shepherd sons , Aristeo . And the death of Orfeo , which is ...
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... Orfeo in Hades and Orfeo in search of his own death . It thus makes for an effect of collusion between him and Aristeo . It is against the fate of Orfeo that Aristeo is first warned . This effect is the greater for Poliziano's avoiding ...
... Orfeo in Hades and Orfeo in search of his own death . It thus makes for an effect of collusion between him and Aristeo . It is against the fate of Orfeo that Aristeo is first warned . This effect is the greater for Poliziano's avoiding ...
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... Orfeo suggest that , as a poetic theologian , its author shares the philosopher's distrust of words as the vehicle of wisdom . Poliziano writes rustically rather than elegantly on principle . One may be no more satisfied by this ...
... Orfeo suggest that , as a poetic theologian , its author shares the philosopher's distrust of words as the vehicle of wisdom . Poliziano writes rustically rather than elegantly on principle . One may be no more satisfied by this ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Pastoralism and Aesthetic Platonic Tradition I | 1 |
THE PASTORALISM OF TASSOS AMINTA | 21 |
The Shepherds Life | 44 |
Copyright | |
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